Bangladesh
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary democracy
- CONSTITUTION
- December 16, 1972, suspended on March 24, 1982, restored on November 10, 1986, amended several times
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English common law and Islamic law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Parliament (Jatiya Sangsad)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court (judges appointed by the President)
RELIGIONS
83% Muslims, 16% Hindus, Buddhist, Catholic, and Protestant minorities
From the country
- MAY 12, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Two people were sentenced to death and another to life...
Two people were sentenced to death and another to life imprisonment for killing a young businessman in Bangladesh in 1999
- MAY 6, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
An Additional District and Sessions Court in Bangladesh...
An Additional District and Sessions Court in Bangladesh sentenced two youths to hang and sentenced two others to one year rigorous imprisonment for murder
- APRIL 28, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Babul Mia was condemned to death by a court in Bangladesh...
Babul Mia was condemned to death by a court in Bangladesh for killing his younger brother in 2001
- APRIL 27, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Three people were sentenced to death for the murder...
Three people were sentenced to death for the murder of a man named Mozammel Ali on September 6, 1996
- APRIL 21, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Three men named as Sohel Dewan, Billal and Manik were...
Three men named as Sohel Dewan, Billal and Manik were sentenced to death for murdering Badsha Mia, a businessman, on 8 August 2002
- APRIL 9, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Sadek Hossain, 42, was sentenced to death by the Acid...
Sadek Hossain, 42, was sentenced to death by the Acid Crime Prevention Tribunal in Dhaka for throwing acid on on Sudhir Ranjan Ghotok, a senior advocate of Dhaka district court
- APRIL 3, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
An Additional District and Sessions court convicted...
An Additional District and Sessions court convicted four people and condemned them to death for throwing acid on two sisters in 2000
- APRIL 2, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court sentenced to death a Bangladeshi mother who...
A court sentenced to death a Bangladeshi mother who murdered her two children in an apparent human sacrifice
- MARCH 24, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Five people were sentenced to death in two separate...
Five people were sentenced to death in two separate murder cases in Bangladesh, the Independent reported
- MARCH 23, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Latif Khokon, 25, was sentenced to death by an...
Abdul Latif Khokon, 25, was sentenced to death by an Additional District and Sessions court in Bangladesh following a conviction for rape and murder
- MARCH 19, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Five people were sentenced to death in two separate...
Five people were sentenced to death in two separate murder cases by fast-track tribunals in Dhaka under the Woman and Child Repression Prevention Act
- MARCH 8, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Akhteruzzaman Shohag, 34, and Alam alias Khokan, 51,...
Akhteruzzaman Shohag, 34, and Alam alias Khokan, 51, were sentenced to death by a District and Sessions Court for murder